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busybox-w32 vs Coreutils for Windows: catalog facts
busybox-w32	Coreutils for Windows
Free Free and open source under the GPL-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Windows, Command line	Windows, Command line
Single native executable with no dependencies Includes a POSIX shell, awk, sed and vi	Native Windows builds of familiar UNIX commands Same commands and pipelines as on Linux, macOS and WSL
Implements only a subset of full BusyBox and GNU tool features Windows only	Some command names clash with built-in shell commands Windows-specific caveats affect some behaviour
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-2.0	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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